One of the big winners of the Unity debacle is the free and open source Godot Engine, which has seen its funding soar to a much more impressive level as Unity basically gave them free advertising.

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[–] 239 points 3 years ago

All hail FOSS and Godot.

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  • [–] 176 points 3 years ago (34 children)

    I really hope Godot will become as good for games like blender is for 3D modeling

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    [–] 133 points 3 years ago

    My wife has a few things on YouTube she made with Godot, and she has noticed a significant increase in traffic, since Unity made their blunder.

    Godot really deserves their increased popularity and donations, it's absolutely amazing what they have achieved as a true Open Source project that is absolutely 100% free to use, and gives 100% control to game developers.

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  • [–] 79 points 3 years ago (24 children)

    Yeah, now I'm concerned this might happen with Unreal Engine, even though they've given no indication that it will. Once Godot works out the kinks with level and texture streaming, and has a landscape editor I will be going back to Godot.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    Long-term I think corporate tech as we know it is screwed. Their explosive growth from the pandemic making everyone terminally online is drying up as more and more people go back to touching grass, so now the bill’s coming due and it’s only a matter of time now before Unreal also does something stupid we can’t even imagine for a quick buck

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago

    People were terminally online well before 2019. It exacerbated the problem but we're not going back. I don't really think that's a problem, technologically it pushed us further ahead which is always a good thing.

    You're right in that we are starting to rediscover what it means to be physically social again. I think that's a good thing, too. People that got away with shit before aren't getting away with it any more.

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    [–] 61 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I'm donating $5, not much but I love to see companies like Unity burn.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Unity’s take is 2.5% past $1m in revenue.

    I’m never, ever going to hit those numbers, but if do, I’d rather willingly commit that 2.5% to Godot.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Unity’s take is 2.5% past $1m in revenue.

    Is that before or after they backtracked?

    The point isn't even whether the terms are acceptable anymore. They tried to change the deal retroactively because they felt they had a strong position in that game developers are already invested into their ecosystem.

    They may have gone back to saner terms for now but unless the entire management structure resigns, there's no reason not to say they won't try again in the future.

    You can't go good business with bad people.

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  • [–] 46 points 3 years ago

    Oh man, this is so beautiful to see. Unity can get fucked.

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  • [–] 42 points 3 years ago

    FREE POP CORN TO WATCH UNITY BURN IN THE DUMPSTER

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago

    Very nice. This money will enable them to make it better. One day when I might start learning how to make games I hope that Godot will be one of the best choices out there.

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  • [–] 38 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    That's impressive and amazing. Let's hope they will put it to good use and speed up the development.

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  • [–] 42 points 3 years ago

    Unity's recent fuck up is a massive boon for them, I really hope they can capitalize on it. This is one of those moments that only happens once, if they push their development and marketing over the next 12 to 18 months they can snag a really significant share of the market and use it to vault themselves to the next go-to engine.

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  • [–] 36 points 3 years ago

    thats impressive

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago

    The power of open source!

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  • [–] 28 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    as a life long gamer who has had to 'grow up' and learn trades to survive and pay bills. it would be hella fun and possibly cathartic to mess with a free game engine. I've been playing games for 30 years. Maybe it's time i take all that knowledge and frustrate myself on a passion project. Thank You Unity for showing me GODOT.

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    [–] 20 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Are the people who run unity best mates with musk?

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    [–] 13 points 3 years ago

    This is the way!

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